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...that Charles Goodyear performed some of his experiments on rubber while in debtor's prison? He was there so often he referred to it as his "hotel". Chronically in debt because of poor business sense and ill health, Goodyear depended on the generosity of friends and family. Even after he unlocked the secret to vulcanizing rubber, he was unable to improve his financial situation. When he died, his estate was $200,000 in debt.
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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20120110508 | ENTERPRISE RESOURCE PLANNING ORIENTED CONTEXT-AWARE USER INTERFACE An Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) context-aware user interface may be provided. A task list comprising a plurality of objectives may be displayed. Upon receiving a selection of at least one of the plurality of objectives, a context state may be updated according to ... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120110507 | Context Menu Context menus are described. In one or more implementations, an option is displayed in a user interface by a computing device, the option selectable to cause a representation of an object to be added to a context menu. In response to selection of the option, the context... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120054683 | METHOD, APPARATUS, COMPUTER PROGRAM AND USER INTERFACE A method, apparatus, computer program and user interface wherein the method comprises: displaying on a display of an apparatus a plurality of items comprising a first subset of items and a second subset of items wherein the first subset of the plurality of items compris... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120036479 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD AND PROGRAM The present disclosure provides an electronic device, the device including, processor, a display, and an interface configured to, detect non-contact proximity of an operation member, determine whether the member is within a first selection region corresponding to a firs... | 02/09/2012 |
| 20120030612 | DYNAMIC PROPERTY ATTRIBUTES A non-transitory recordable storage medium having recorded and stored thereon instructions that, when executed, may perform the actions of assigning an object as a selected object in a property window in response to a selection of the object, the object including a driv... | 02/02/2012 |
| 20120023448 | Relational Service System and Method for Generating an Input Method A relational service system for generating an input method is disclosed; the system uses an input unit to provide phonetic symbol and symbol input for a user, transmits an input string by the user to a temporary storing unit for display and selection, and then transmits... | 01/26/2012 |
| 20120023449 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AN INTERACTIVE FILTER A system applies an interactive filter. The system includes a data storage device, a display device, a user interface input device, and a processor. The data storage device stores data. The display device displays an initial representation of the data. The user interfac... | 01/26/2012 |
| 20120023450 | USER INTERFACE DEVICE AND USER INTERFACE METHOD A user interface device includes: a display unit on which plural buttons are displayed; a touch panel integrally formed with the display unit and detecting input in plural input areas corresponding to respective display areas of the plural buttons; a pressure detection ... | 01/26/2012 |
| 20120017176 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DISPLAYING A MENU A method and apparatus for displaying a menu. The method includes displaying a menu page including menu items on a menu region of a display; allocating an information region on a portion of the menu region; dividing and reconfiguring the menu page in units of small page... | 01/19/2012 |
| 20120005627 | Device and method utilizing animated frames to dynamically create snapshots for selectable menus A user menu is created by retrieving at least one animation frame that corresponds to a user selected portion of stored subject matter. The animation frame or frames are displayed at a portion of the display and aid the user to accurately enter the subject matter at a d... | 01/05/2012 |
| 20110320979 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CREATING A TO-DO ITEM BASED ON SELECTION OF A FUNCTION TO BE PERFORMED BY AN APPLICATION An apparatus may include a to-do item creator configured to create a to-do item based on selection of a function to be performed by an application using an operational characteristic. An application multi-tasking module may allow for multi-tasking of applications as wel... | 12/29/2011 |
| 20110302533 | Operating Device for an Electric Domestic Appliance and Operating Method An operating device for an electric domestic appliance has an operating panel with operating elements, wherein the operating elements are touch switches, which can be actuated by placing a finger on the operating panel or moving a finger over the operating panel. The op... | 12/08/2011 |
| 20110288965 | DYNAMIC PIN PAD FOR CREDIT/DEBIT/ OTHER ELECTRONIC TRANSACTIONS A method is provided for authenticating debit card transactions engaged in by a cardholder on a communications network. The method includes: a) establishing a connection over the network with a client being used by the cardholder to engage in a transaction on the networ... | 11/24/2011 |
| 20110283234 | Contents Management System, Contents Management Method, and Computer Program A contents management system manages multiple contents stored in a plurality of apparatuses. The contents management system includes a command input unit that assigns a viewing style for guiding a user to desired contents and a contents search condition; a screen format... | 11/17/2011 |
| 20110276921 | SELECTING CONTENT BASED ON INTEREST TAGS THAT ARE INCLUDED IN AN INTEREST CLOUD Techniques are described herein for selecting content based on interest tags that are included in an interest cloud. An interest cloud is a tag cloud that includes interest tags, which correspond to respective interests of a user. An interest of a user is subject matter... | 11/10/2011 |
| 20110264480 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TASK MANAGEMENT WITH SUB-PORTIONS AND SUB-PORTION CHARACTERISTIC MANIPULATION A method and system for providing for the management of resources wherein the method and system provide an ordered collection of projects, tasks, and checklists that may be manipulated and converted between types.... | 10/27/2011 |
| 20110258551 | INQUIRY-ORIENTED USER INPUT APPARATUS AND METHOD User input from a reduced keypad is disambiguated and compared with a first dynamic lexicon, and predicted matches (e.g. either a single word or phrase) are offered. If a user continues to type beyond a boundary condition, then input is no longer predicted from the firs... | 10/20/2011 |
| 20110239161 | Method and Device for Displaying Information, in Particular in a Vehicle In a method for displaying information, in particular in a vehicle, a list of multiple graphic objects is graphically represented on a display, a display area of the display being associated with each represented graphic object and the objects being selectable for execu... | 09/29/2011 |
| 20110216095 | Methods, Devices, and Computer Program Products Providing Multi-Touch Drag and Drop Operations for Touch-Sensitive User Interfaces A method of operating an electronic device including a touch-sensitive interface and a display screen. A method of operating such an electronic device may include detecting primary and secondary contacts on the touch-sensitive interface, and detecting movement of the pr... | 09/08/2011 |
| 20110209091 | SYSTEM AND METHOD TO MEASURE BANDWIDTH IN HUMAN TO MACHINE INTERFACES The invention relates to a system and method of measuring bandwidth to determine whether there is a sufficient data rate available to enable or disable features and applications located in a vehicle. Based on the available bandwidth, the system activates or deactivates ... | 08/25/2011 |
| 20110202836 | TYPING ASSISTANCE FOR EDITING Apparatus and methods are disclosed for providing feedback and guidance to touch screen device users to improve the text entry user experience and performance. According to one embodiment, a method comprises receiving a text entry, receiving input on a touch screen in t... | 08/18/2011 |
| 20110202878 | MENU EXECUTING METHOD AND APPARATUS IN PORTABLE TERMINAL Provided is a menu execution method and apparatus in a portable terminal. The menu execution method includes displaying, on a touch screen, an item list which comprises a plurality of divided regions in each of which a corresponding item is formed, recognizing a user ge... | 08/18/2011 |
| 20110175748 | Element Mapping to Control Illumination of a Device Shell An interactive electronic device shell and light source may enable personalization and increased functionality of an electronic device. The shell may at least partially cover a light source and attach to an electronic device. The shell includes at least some transparent... | 07/21/2011 |
| 20110173568 | MECHANISM FOR A VENDING MACHINE GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE UTILIZING XML FOR A VERSATILE CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE Logic for a vending machine customer interface is supplied from one a plurality of markup language descriptions of the customer interface contained within storage media in the vending machine. Each markup language description is configured to cause the customer interfac... | 07/14/2011 |
| 20110167386 | Method and Device for Producing a Selection from an Items List A device (1) for producing a selection from an items list (IL), the device comprising: a storage unit (21) for storing the items list (IL), an input/output unit (22) for interacting with a user (25), and a selection unit (20) for selec... | 07/07/2011 |
| 20110167385 | PROCESSING OF DATA FOR IMPROVED DISPLAY A method and system relate to the processing of data in order to display thumbnails, when commanded by a user, containing information concerning multimedia content, for example television programs, having respective durations and available via a plurality of respective ... | 07/07/2011 |
| 20110161881 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD OF CONTROLLING DISPLAY OF FUNCTION BUTTON, AND RECORDING MEDIUM An image processing apparatus comprising: a display; a controller that displays or hides a function button for use of a function on a display screen on the display according to one or more than one pattern information object indicating the setting whether to display or ... | 06/30/2011 |
| 20110154261 | USER INTERFACE WITH RIBBON USAGE FOR HEARING AID FITTING SYSTEMS The present subject matter relates generally to an improved user interface for input and output of information used in fitting systems for hearing aids. In an embodiment the system includes displaying, on a display device, a graphical user interface, wherein the graphic... | 06/23/2011 |
| 20110154262 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR ANTICIPATING APPLICATION SWITCH A device in conjunction with a correlation matrix anticipates combinations of applications of the device switching from one to another on a display of the device. The device utilizes an anticipation system to determine which application is active, generate a switch anti... | 06/23/2011 |
| 20110154259 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR QUICK SELECTION FROM ORDERED LIST Techniques for quick selection from an ordered list include dividing all items in the ordered list into current groups. Each current group includes a different range of the items. A corresponding plurality of icons for the plurality of current groups is presented substa... | 06/23/2011 |
| 20110153343 | ADAPTABLE MEDICAL WORKFLOW SYSTEM Examples of systems and methods are provided for adapting a medical workflow implemented at a computer coupled to a hospital network, including receiving a message comprising medical information data, predicting a healthcare worker's workflow using, at least in part, th... | 06/23/2011 |
| 20110145707 | COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED METHOD AND SYSTEMS FOR ASSISTING A USER IN APPLYING A BUSINESS PROCESS PATTERN A computer-implemented method for assisting a user in applying a business process pattern. In some embodiments, the computer-implemented method includes providing a graphical user interface (GUI) adapted for displaying a first representation of a business process and fo... | 06/16/2011 |
| 20110138047 | PROVISIONING SERVICES USING A CLOUD SERVICES CATALOG The present invention provides a system and method for provisioning Cloud services by establishing a Cloud services catalog using a Cloud service bus within a Cloud computing environment. In one embodiment, there is a Cloud services catalog manager configured to connect... | 06/09/2011 |
| 20110138299 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SUGGESTING DATA FOR TRANSFER An approach is provided for suggesting data for transfer from an electronic data storage medium to another electronic data storage medium. An external device receives an input for specifying an amount of data to transfer from a first storage medium to a second storage m... | 06/09/2011 |
| 20110134322 | Dynamic Television Menu Creation Output useable to select a desired communication channel from among multiple communication channels in a plurality of channel categories is provided by way of a remote control device. A user accomplishes this by selecting, in place of a displayed icon that is to be “u... | 06/09/2011 |
| 20110126102 | PAUSE-BASED ADVERTISING METHODS AND SYSTEMS An exemplary method includes monitoring an interaction of a user with a media content access subsystem, receiving a command input by the user to pause a media content instance being presented by the media content access subsystem, and dynamically selecting at least one ... | 05/26/2011 |
| 20110110530 | In-vehicle audio device and in-vehicle audio system An in-vehicle audio device and an in-vehicle audio system are disclosed. The in-vehicle audio device acquires and registers metadata of music data from multiple music possession devices, at least one of which is a portable music carrier device capable of performing wire... | 05/12/2011 |
| 20110113374 | Graphical User Interface User Customization A user interface for an audio/visual device enables a user to customize the selection of menu items that are displayable on a menu, perhaps a racetrack menu, provided by the user interface to enable the user to operate the audio/visual device, in which a multitude of me... | 05/12/2011 |
| 20110113375 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ILLUSTRATING A MENU OF INSIGHTS ASSOCIATED WITH VISUALIZATIONS A system and method are provided for generating one or more menus having options that display insights from visualizations. The options presented in the menus enable users to determine relationships between elements of the visualization. The relationships may be display... | 05/12/2011 |
| 20110099521 | SYSTEM FOR BROWSING THROUGH A MUSIC CATALOG USING CORRELATION METRICS OF A KNOWLEDGE BASE OF MEDIASETS A system and method to navigate through a media item catalog and generate recommendations using behavioral metrics such as correlation metrics (FIGS. 1,2) from a knowledge base (400) of mediasets (FIG. 4, 1-7). One implementation uses a knowl... | 04/28/2011 |
